Put on your thinking cap

[jeffpn]

Frequently, I want to align one object with another that are nowhere near parallel. I'll know which face of one object should be "on" which face of the other object. Without eyeballing, how can you put the cylinder (in the included Wings file) on the face of the cube (only moving the cylinder) and centered? And for bonus points, how can you align a vertex on the bottom of the cylinder with a vertex on the edge ring of the cube, so the distance between them is 0? The answer is surprisingly simple.

 

[abaser]

And for bonus points, how can you align a vertex on the bottom of the cylinder with a vertex on the edge ring of the cube, so the distance between them is 0? The answer is surprisingly simple.

You mean like this?

 

[jeffpn]

I don't know how you did that. It's not my result. Are the 2 faces parallel to and touching each other perfectly?

 

[abaser]

Yup. Is this better?

 

[jeffpn]

The cylinder is not centered to the cube.

 

[jeffpn]

How did you align the 2 verts?

 

[abaser]

Selected the two verts and align all.

 

[jeffpn]

I KNOW I originally said "only moving the cylinder". Both objects move using the align command.

 

[jeffpn]

Wings Rotate to Target

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Here's the answer

 

[jeffpn]

Wings Rotate to Target

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